Private and recreational flying · Private-pilot course
PPL - Private Pilot Licence
43 Air School · 43 Air School Port Alfred, Port Alfred · South Africa
At a glance
- Training category
- Private and recreational flying
- Aircraft category
- Fixed-wing (aeroplane)
- Prepares for
- South African CAA Private Pilot Licence
- Jurisdiction
- South Africa
- Authority
- SACAA
- Training framework
- SACAA approved training organisation
- Training base
- 43 Air School Port Alfred
- Delivery
- In person
- Schedule
- Schedule not stated
What it teaches and what completion provides
- Teaches
- Private pilot training; page lists the licence, a radio licence and type ratings for the Piper Cherokee 140 and 180.
- Completion provides
- South African CAA PPL, Radio Licence and Cherokee type ratings as listed.
- Still required
- Not stated by the school. Check the authority's requirements.
- Approval scope
- The source does not say how this course relates to the school's approval.
A course completion certificate is not necessarily a pilot licence or rating. The licensing authority issues licences and ratings after its own requirements are met.
Entry requirements
- Minimum age
- 17 (as published)
- Prerequisites
- ICAO English Language Proficiency Level 4
- Prior qualifications
- Not published
- Required experience
- Not published
- Language requirements
- ICAO English Language Proficiency Level 4
- Medical
- South African Aviation Medical (Class 2)
Only an official aeromedical assessment can establish medical fitness. This site does not decide eligibility.
Duration and hours
These figures answer different questions and must not be read as one another. Weather, aircraft availability, student progress, examinations and scheduling all affect real completion time.
Regulatory minimum
Not recorded for this program.
Advertised package hours
- Flight: 47 h
- Simulator: 0 h
- Counters on the page show 47 flying hours and 0 simulator hours; labels are not explicit.
School-reported typical completion
Not published. No typical completion time is estimated here.
- Calendar duration
- 84 days (counter shown on page, unlabelled)
- Intake / booking
- Not published
Published prices
No price is published on the sources researched for this program. Use Request Information to ask the school.
- Deposit and cancellation
- Not published
Authority records for this school and base
Stated by the schoolSACAASACAA approved training organisationApproval
Reference: SACAA/1090/ATO
Scope not established from the source.
A record for the school does not necessarily cover this specific course; the scope is shown where the source states it.